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John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 44:18

They have not known nor understood ,.... Who the true God is, nor the worship that is due to him alone; they do not know nor understand divine and spiritual things; nay, they have not the knowledge and understanding of men; they want common sense that can do and say such things as before mentioned, both idol makers and idol worshippers: for he hath shut their eyes that they cannot see, and their heart that they cannot understand ; either the devil, as some think, the god of this world,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 44:19

And none considereth in his heart ,.... Or, "and he does not return it to his heart" F11 ולא ישיב אל לבו "et non reducet ad cor suum", Pagninus, Montanus; "reducit", Piscator. ; he does not come to himself again, or return to his right mind, but lives and dies under the infatuation; never once revolving it in his mind, pondering within himself what he has done, or is doing, whether right or wrong: neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say ; within himself, and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 44:9-10

That they may be ashamed. Who hath formed a god "That every one may be ashamed, that he hath formed a god" - The Bodleian MS., one of the first extant for its antiquity and authority, instead of מי mi , at the beginning of the tenth verse, has כי ki , which greatly clears up the construction of a very obscure passage. Doederlein approves of this reading. The Septuagint likewise closely connect in construction the end of Isaiah 44:9 ; with the beginning of Isaiah 44:10 ; and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 44:11

His fellows - חבריו chaberaiv : but עבדיו abadaiv , his servants or worshippers, is the reading of one of De Rossi's MSS., and of the Chaldee. And the workmen, they are of men "Even the workmen themselves shall blush" - I do not know that any one has ever yet interpreted these words to any tolerably good sense: מאדם המה וחרשים vecharashim hemmah meadam . The Vulgate and our translators, have rendered them very fairly, as they are written and pointed in the text: Fabri enim... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 44:12

The smith with the tongs, etc. "The smith cutteth off a portion of iron" - מעצד meatstsed , Participium Pihel of עצד atsad , to cut; still used in that sense in the Arabic. See Simonis Lex. Hebrews The Septuagint and Syriac take the word in this form: but they render it sharpeneth the iron. See Castell. Lex. in voce. The sacred writers are generally large and eloquent upon the subject of idolatry; they treat it with great severity, and set forth the absurdity of it in the strongest... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 44:14

He heweth him down "He heweth down" - For לכרת lichroth , the Septuagint and Vulgate read כרת carath or יכרת yichroth . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 44:16

With part "And with part" - Twenty-three MSS., the Septuagint, and Vulgate add the conjunction ו vau , and ועל veal . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 44:17

He falleth down unto it - There were four forms of adoration used among the Hebrews: השתחוה Hishtachavah , The prostration of the whole body. קדד Kadad , The bowing of the head. כרע Cara , The bending of the upper part of the body down to the knees. 4. ברך Barach , Bowing the knee, or kneeling. See on Isaiah 49:23 ; (note). read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 44:18

He hath shut their eyes "Their eyes are closed up" - The Septuagint, Chaldee, and Vulyate, for טח tach , read טחו tachu . See note on Isaiah 6:10 . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 44:6-20

A FURTHER CONTRAST OF GOD WITH IDOLS . The captive Jews, dwelling scattered in a land the inhabitants of which were, one and all, idolaters, and having by hereditary taint an inclination to idolatry, would be easily tempted, during the long and weary period of the Captivity, to put away the worship and even the thought of Jehovah, who had allowed their subjugation, and conform to the religion of their conquerors. Hence the repeated contrasts in these later chapters—specially... read more

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